Top billed cast

1. 

   Charlie Chaplin

   The Tramp (A Factory Worker)

2. 

   Paulette Goddard

   A Gamin

3. 

   Henry Bergman

   Cafe Proprietor

4. 

   Tiny Sandford

   Big Bill

5. 

   Chester Conklin

   Mechanic

6. 

   Hank Mann

   Burglar

7. 

   Stanley Blystone

   Gamin's Father

8. 

   Al Ernest Garcia

   President of the Electro Steel Corp.

9. 

   Richard Alexander

   Prison Cellmate

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-19

I wonder how many people watch this nowadays and sympathise immediately with Chaplin's unskilled worker trying to keep up with the relentless march of technology? It starts with him being an unwilling guinea pig for a gadget that appears as useful for cleaning teeth as it is for feeding him - a cunning invention which allegedly saves time, money and increases productivity... Needless to say, it's a crock of the proverbial - but that's just the start with these wacky, frequently absurd, ideas that sees our hapless hero expend considerable energy and quick-wittedness trying to stay one step ahea...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$1,500,000.00

Revenue
$1,800,000.00

Keywords

• factory
• ambulance
• invention
• mental breakdown
• tramp
• great depression
• industrial revolution
• slapstick comedy
• automation
• jail
• hospital
• black and white
• machine
• pardon
• silent film
• unemployment
• screwdriver
• police arrest
• wrongful conviction
• communism
• assembly line
• prison break attempt
• burglars
• smuggling
• hilarious
• orphans